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Is the Quarter of Birth Endogenous? New Evidence from Taiwan, the US, and Indonesia

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  • Jin-Tan Liu
  • Yen-Chien Chen

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  • Elliott Fan & Jin-Tan Liu & Yen-Chien Chen, 2017. "Is the Quarter of Birth Endogenous? New Evidence from Taiwan, the US, and Indonesia," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 79(6), pages 1087-1124, December.
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